Photographer's Note

While searching for the ancient "Haveli" of great Urdu Poet Mirza Ghalib, she spotted him and to our surprise he actually was the care taker of the Haveli..

after some request he allowed us to enter the house.. the old house presented the minimum it could, and looks nothing more than an acknowledged facade, But he was gentle enough to pose a few clicks for us.. here is my version of him....

He looked lost in time, just the way the haveli and his master's poetry. by the time we started taking his pictures it was dark and i nver wanted to use flash hence had to tone it a bit and adjusted some levels and contrast

I loved the composition and he really looks like concentrating in his past trying to find his identity in the treasures of the yesteryears..!!! wonderful depiction and POV here..!! good framing and thoughtful title..!!

A powerful, revealing portrait. I'd have preferred just a little detail in his right eye but appreciate you were in difficult conditions. Personally, I'm not too keen on the frame, but that doesn't alter the photo.

Dont know why,but I like more this one than Preetie's portrait,because there his lool was too severe and here is more .....sensitive,more human,more emotional!!Maybe because here is not looking straight to us or your camera :)The half part of his face lost in dark and the expressions were well captured
A nice weeekend

Great profile shot Kapil. Lighting is excellent, as well as the all black background. Exposure is perfect, resulting in great, more muted type colors. The just off center placement of the man is also very good. At first I was going to say I would like to have seen him a bit more off centered, but looking at the photo a little more, I like it just the way it is.

Hi Kapil,
A different perspective from Gurpreet's capture. The black background is beautiful there. May be i would prefer a little bit more saturation or Black and white. The image is actually in the middle.
Regards,
Pierre

Hi Kapil,
Excellent cooperation with Gurpreet. I like the different approach of you both.
In the picture of Gurpreet it seems that the poet is looking for inspiration. In your picture it seems he found something with he certainly must use in his next work.
Groet Rob
P.T.

Wow... you really posted a great stuff here. I love the post production, destaturated colours and his expression. I see that you also started to watermark your pictures - that's a great idea, I think :) Better safe, than sorry... Your picture reminds me a little bit of Andrzej Dragan's photography - http://www.andrzejdragan.com/. The only two things I would like to see here is more sharpness and a bigger version of this photo.